Psychology exam Flashcards
Frontal lobe location
front of brain
Frontal Lobe Function
problem solving, memory, regulates personality and fluent speech
Parietal Lobe location
top of brain
Parietal Lobe function
somatic sensory processing
Temporal Lobe location
sides of brain
Temporal Lobe function
recieving/processing auditory info, facial recognition, hearing
Occipital Lobe location
back of brain
Occipital Lobe function
recieving/processing visual information
Cerebellum location
back of brain
Cerebellum function
coordination of voluntary movements and balance
Brain stem location
connects to brain and spinal cord
brain stem function
- control heartbeat
2.breathing
3.blood preasure
Primary motor cortex function
voluntary movement
Primary somatosensory cortex function
registers and processes sensory information from receptors in the body
Primary visual cortex function
receives visual information from retinas
Primary auditory cortex function
interprets information from inner ear as pitch, loudness, and location
Wernicke’s area
controls language reception - a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe
Broca’s area
Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
CT scan
a series of x-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice through the body
MRI scan
uses radio waves and a very strong magnetic field to produce images of the soft tissue
fMRI scan
reveals blood flow and brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans (shows the function)
